"I know I'm dying," he said in a portion of the interview reprinted byMTV. He is stunning still! Thus,Duff McKaganfilled in for him. Advertisement. Im telling you: Demri was here last night. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin, heard this story from Mike Starr after Laynes death and relayed the story to David de Sola (and it was corroborated by Jason Buttino). She had three younger brothers, Devin C. Remme, Derek J.P. Murphy and David J.M. Although she went to rehab several times, it didn't work to her, and sometimes had to turn to theft and prostitution to get some money for the drugs. It became an even bigger success than their previous album selling over 6 million copies in the US. (She's quick to note, "I don't have any magic answers. Layne Might Have Considered Fronting Audioslave. Although Layne Staley appeared to be in poor health at the time, he was excited about the show and showing off his softer side. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/", Speaking during a February 2010 episode of Loveline, Mike said, "I was with him all that day on my birthday trying to keep him alive. You are so full of shit!! One of the most amusing moments in David de SolasAlice inChains: The Untold Story (2015) is when Layne began to sing this song in the manner of Ethel Merman without apparent cause. Corey sang Man in the Box with the support of Dave Navarro, the recently deceased Taylor Hawkins, and Chris Chaney for the Museum of Pop Culture. He said, In his arm? Your California Privacy Rights pubID: '434bb5e4-3704-4b75-b36c-785a444462bd', Risk factors include intravenous drug use, and electronic pacemakers). "@type": "ListItem", var mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping() I thought he was a handsome beautiful man going through hell on earth. Nick is a Senior Staff Writer for Ned Hardy. Although theother songs on our list are covers, Zakk Wylde's original tribute "Layne" is certainly worth your ear: "Nothing's pure, nothing's real. Perhaps closest to Layne Staley in the 12 months before his death was his mother, Nancy McCallum, who had always been there for her son and helped him seek out treatment for his addiction. In a profile on Staley from The Seattle Times, his mother Nancy said that her final memory of her son was him holding his nephew while visiting his family in February 2002. ,{ Its time to wake up. He explained his position to Revolver: I never glorify drugs in my lyrics. kerfeldt noted Alice in Chains Black Sabbath-like grittiness. His unfettered drug use and his severely poor oral hygiene made his teeth rot and fall out. It was part of Layne's. I still cry about him. Please take care, & all good wishes for you. Staley was a product of a broken home and never completed his high school education, but music became an outlet for him to express himself and channel his emotions through melodies. Frontman Mikael kerfeldt revealed to Spin that Alice in Chains may have been his biggest inspiration from the 90s. You addJerry Cantrell to the mix. Nutshell is perhaps one of the greatest songs ever written. .build(); All I read were facts. He told her as a kid that he excelled at swimming, he said I loved to dive into water. He said the water felt like a whole other world. [] Just because he was isolated doesn't mean we didn't have sweet moments with him.". Would? was penned by Jerry in response to the death of Mother Love Bones Andrew Wood: Am I wrong? If you arent familiar with the subject, and you dont bother to properly research it, do the Internet a favor and DONT WRITE ABOUT IT. In 1996, the band reunited to perform for MTV Unplugged in New York. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); He lived in a condo right smack in front of everyone, in the University District. .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) Godsmacks name was borrowed from Alice in Chains song God Smack, which first appeared on Dirt(1992). In an interview that has been called into question,Layne allegedly told journalist Adriana Rubio: "I know I'm dying." [] He chose to write about it and sing about it and perform about it. RIP Layne. Suzi, I agree with all of these comments. Dope sick hurts the entire body.". "That's what his music was about," she said. Forrest recalls the story in his book Running with Monsters: A Memoir. .defineSizeMapping(mapping2) "I'm not doing well. Since 2006, vocalist William DuVall has served as Alice in Chains full-time frontman. Enter your e-mail below to get a daily update with all of our headlines. So two weeks later [our mutual friend] was having a Super Bowl party. Photographer Paul Hernandez . Even Laynes mother, Nancy McCallum, has taken the stage to sing her sons material. According to his mother, he entered rehab ten times. He adopted her and her birth name became Demri Lara Parrott. This photo was obviously taken in 94/95. Her cause of death was an acute intoxication and the combined effects of opiate, meprobamate and butalbital. "The life of an addict. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') His voice was perfect in every way. Demri was in and out of the hospital for the last couple of years of her life.At the time of her death, she was clean, but for her last hours, she was at a friend's house, who took her to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington, and recognized too late that she wasn't doing well on the pills she'd ingested. Information I never wanted to end my life this way. As Layne Staley's health deteriorated, he became less interested in being social or recording with his band. If something could take away this physical and emotional pain for five minutes all I do is cry. Taproot were recording a new album with Alice In Chains producer Toby Wright in 2002, and wanted Layne Staley to sing on a song, according to Mark Yarms book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. Staley was known for his harmonizing style and tenor singing. A moment before, Staley had revealed: "My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and sh*tting my pants. googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; Korns Would? is the incredible cover that you were not expecting. It was already established by 1996 that Layne Staley had been smoking crack, in addition to the myriad of other drugs he was also using. King 5 reports that there is a new photo exhibit featuring artists like Layne Staley and Alice In Chains, along with Chris Cornell and Soundgarden. . He famously quit drinking on his own. Original Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr spent the day before Layne Staley's death Starr's birthday, in fact hanging out with the singer at his University District apartment. | Yet, for the last year of his life, almost no one visited Staley in this apartment, and he rarely left. Anyone with good taste in music will tell you: "When everyone goes home, I'm stuck with Layne Staley." His parents separated when he was just seven and he had to grow up with his mother and stepfather Jim Elmer. } That said, we think that the following version of Would? is especially dynamic: Watch James join Alice in Chains onstage at Germanys famous Rock am Ring festival in 2006. Daughter of Kathleen Ann Austin and Dennis Dougherty. Mark Lanegan and Mike Inez also went to Laynes home and bang on his door trying to see him. Staley was known to regularly use cannabis, heroin, cocaine, crack and morphine. Despite his numerous attempts to get clean, Staley's body was discovered in his Seattle condo, with toxicology reports finding his death was the result of an accidental overdose. He never made it, so Chris Cornell went and got the job.. Layne was super special , May he be loved and remembered for his contributions and May his death be a lesson, may it have meaning, may it please help others to never pick up. Out of all his records, Layne was most satisfied with Mad Seasons Above (1995). In the mid-1980s, he fronted the glam metal band Sleze, then formed Alice in Chains (then called Alice n' Chains, ala Guns 'N' Roses) with guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Starr & drummer Sean Kinney. According to an interview she did withThe Seattle Times, Nancy was working the front desk of a rehab clinic on the day that Layne passed away. In a very much quoted part of an interview he said he had no woman, no kids and nowhere he could truly call home. Those were the messages in his songs, endearing him to his fans. I told him that John had gangrene once. By now, all these years later, only positive things should be posted in memoriam of Layne. These are serious topics and not things to be taken lightly and obviously a lot of fans are sensitive when you talk about them. Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Devin C. Remme I don't wanna see people anymore and it's nobody's business but mine.". Staley's body was sitting upright on his couch. The same applied to his work with the supergroup Mad Season. But somehow, out of Layne's story grew a bloom of hope for artists in the same position. "position": 3, "The Dark Descent of Layne Staley (GET BORN AGAIN: The Layne Staley Story)" follows 90's grunge vocalist Layne Staley of the band Alice in Chains, Rise to 90. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Just- ugh! Following a long battle with addiction, the icon tragically passed away at 34 years old on April 5, 2002, in his Seattle apartment. Layne had two arms at his time of passing. Some of the artists that have performedAlice in Chains material includeIn Flames, Daughtry, Khemmis, Breaking Benjamin, Machine Head, Incubus, Sophia Urista, Fishbone, Shinedowntogether withSeether, Benighted in Sodom, etc. I am so sorry for your pain & sadness. Mastodons Brann Dailor also took part in an impressive cover of Rain When I Die from Dirt (1992) for Two Minutes to Late Night. I did crack and heroin for years. Go take your last speedball! complete: 1, In 1993, Layne Staley actually sang Opiate with Tool. You and me., 7. Alice In Chains' late leader Layne Staley tragically lost his fight against addiction on April 5th, 2002. T urning the steering wheel hard to the right and stomping his foot on the gas, Alice in . Look at Layne, looks much fuller bodied & healthier. Korns guitarist Brian Head Welch told MusicRadar: Laynes voice was just incredible he was the whole package. Welch named Alice in Chains Facelift (1990) as one of the records that changed his life. In 2014, their present vocalist, Daria Nookie Stavrovich, was attacked. It was a warning.". 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